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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3dfb0c0384f5..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -* ARM Generic Interrupt Controller - -ARM SMP cores are often associated with a GIC, providing per processor -interrupts (PPI), shared processor interrupts (SPI) and software -generated interrupts (SGI). - -Primary GIC is attached directly to the CPU and typically has PPIs and SGIs. -Secondary GICs are cascaded into the upward interrupt controller and do not -have PPIs or SGIs. - -Main node required properties: - -- compatible : should be one of: - "arm,cortex-a15-gic" - "arm,cortex-a9-gic" - "arm,cortex-a7-gic" - "arm,arm11mp-gic" -- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller -- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an - interrupt source. The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 3. - - The 1st cell is the interrupt type; 0 for SPI interrupts, 1 for PPI - interrupts. - - The 2nd cell contains the interrupt number for the interrupt type. - SPI interrupts are in the range [0-987]. PPI interrupts are in the - range [0-15]. - - The 3rd cell is the flags, encoded as follows: - bits[3:0] trigger type and level flags. - 1 = low-to-high edge triggered - 2 = high-to-low edge triggered - 4 = active high level-sensitive - 8 = active low level-sensitive - bits[15:8] PPI interrupt cpu mask. Each bit corresponds to each of - the 8 possible cpus attached to the GIC. A bit set to '1' indicated - the interrupt is wired to that CPU. Only valid for PPI interrupts. - -- reg : Specifies base physical address(s) and size of the GIC registers. The - first region is the GIC distributor register base and size. The 2nd region is - the GIC cpu interface register base and size. - -Optional -- interrupts : Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller on - secondary GICs, or VGIC maintenance interrupt on primary GIC (see - below). - -- cpu-offset : per-cpu offset within the distributor and cpu interface - regions, used when the GIC doesn't have banked registers. The offset is - cpu-offset * cpu-nr. - -Example: - - intc: interrupt-controller@fff11000 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-gic"; - #interrupt-cells = <3>; - #address-cells = <1>; - interrupt-controller; - reg = <0xfff11000 0x1000>, - <0xfff10100 0x100>; - }; - - -* GIC virtualization extensions (VGIC) - -For ARM cores that support the virtualization extensions, additional -properties must be described (they only exist if the GIC is the -primary interrupt controller). - -Required properties: - -- reg : Additional regions specifying the base physical address and - size of the VGIC registers. The first additional region is the GIC - virtual interface control register base and size. The 2nd additional - region is the GIC virtual cpu interface register base and size. - -- interrupts : VGIC maintenance interrupt. - -Example: - - interrupt-controller@2c001000 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic"; - #interrupt-cells = <3>; - interrupt-controller; - reg = <0x2c001000 0x1000>, - <0x2c002000 0x1000>, - <0x2c004000 0x2000>, - <0x2c006000 0x2000>; - interrupts = <1 9 0xf04>; - }; |
